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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defining synthetic media in campaigns for elective office, and providing relief for candidates and campaigns."
description: "Defining synthetic media in campaigns for elective office, and providing relief for candidates and campaigns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5152"
citation: "Washington SB 5152 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valdez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34663de4-4cfe-41e9-8d4a-87e69e8b00af"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5152&year=2023"
source_hash: "2f22e2712418743017ed68ab1cd9aae4941c9f6443543bcccaae7fc898c4b05f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---
# Washington SB 5152 (2023-2024) — Defining synthetic media in campaigns for elective office, and providing relief for candidates and campaigns.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5152.htm)
2. **Engrossed Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5152-S.E.htm)
3. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5152-S.htm)
4. **Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5152-S.PL.htm)
## Votes
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#15) — **32–14** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#19) — **35–13** (pass) · upper
- Final Passage as Amended by the House (#14) — **67–30** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Valdez — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Liias — cosponsor (person)
- Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-04** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to State Government & Elections. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-27** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-01-31** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on State Government & Elections at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-01-31** SGE - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-01** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-02-08** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** 1st substitute bill substituted (SGE 23). `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-02-15** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Third reading, passed; yeas, 35; nays, 13; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** First reading, referred to State Government & Tribal Relations. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10** Public hearing in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-15** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-22** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-28** Executive session scheduled, but no action was taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-29** Executive action taken in the House Committee on State Government & Tribal Relations at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-29** SGOV - Majority; do pass with amendment(s). `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-29** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-29** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Committee amendment(s) adopted as amended.
- **2023-04-06** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06** Third reading, passed; yeas, 67; nays, 30; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Senate concurred in House amendments.
- **2023-04-14** Passed final passage; yeas, 32; nays, 14; absent, 0; excused, 3. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-04-19** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-09** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-09** Chapter 360, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-05-09** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34663de4-4cfe-41e9-8d4a-87e69e8b00af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).